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aby_since82 · February 17th, 2009, 08:10 PM

thanks! Contavo su quello

grazie mille.

Pincio · February 18th, 2009, 12:01 AM

415. Cefalù Cathedral, dating from 1131, was commenced in the Norman style, the island of Sicily having been conquered by the Normans in 1091. The façade, characterized by the presence of two large Norman towers, with mullioned windows, each surmounted by small spire added in the 15th century. Inside the cathedral is decorated with Byzantine mosaic, completed before 1170. The lower part and the side walls of the presbyterium were completed only in the 17th century, covering preceding paintings of which scarce traces remain today. See also Cefalù beach (picture #140).

image hosted on flickr

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vittorio tauber · February 18th, 2009, 12:02 AM

cool

tonight · February 18th, 2009, 09:31 AM

nice Cathedral

aby_since82 · February 18th, 2009, 01:56 PM

Really beautiful Cathedral! this Palm seem fals but only left side.

vittorio tauber · February 18th, 2009, 08:44 PM

Pincio, Cefalù's cathedral must be numbered 415, Lake Garda being picture 413...

Caustic · February 19th, 2009, 03:02 AM

416. The Certosa di Padula is a large famous Carthusian monastery located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park (near Salerno) in Southern Italy (Campania). It is a World Heritage site.
The monastery is the second largest Chartreuse in Italy after the one in Parma. Its building history covers 450 years. Main parts of the building are in Baroque style. It is rather large: 51,500 m² (12.7 acres) in all with 320 rooms and halls

taken from Flickr

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Apteryx · February 19th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Padula is a magic place, not really well known and difficult to reach (you must take the A3 Salerno Reggio Calabria motorway

), but it really deserves a visit.

vittorio tauber · February 20th, 2009, 12:00 AM

417. Monferrato (Piemonte). The natural balcony of the surroundings of Camino (Alessandria) toward the Po Valley and the Alps. You can sip your glass of rubino di Cantavenna while listening to your favourite Paolo Conte's record and enjoy this restful april evening. Rice paddles spot the plain in the province of Vercelli, far away yet seeming so close, the cooling towers of the power station of Leri rise like an installation of contemporary art on the right and the entrance of that valley just behind, well, it must be the Aosta Valley. Have a nice stay.
image hosted on flickr

From Flickr

Federicoft · February 20th, 2009, 12:33 AM

Excellent choice. Our dear old Piedmont...

Shezan · February 21st, 2009, 12:00 AM

418. Scanno takes its name from the place in which it is situated.
The Romans gave the name scamnum, scanno,
stool to the rocky crag on which rest the first buttresses of the hills
in the Upper Sagittarius valley, L' Aquila Province (Abruzzo).

Flickr

Pincio · February 21st, 2009, 01:20 AM

WowWw!!!

Iptucci · February 22nd, 2009, 12:45 AM

Than beautiful photographs of Italy!.

Pincio · February 22nd, 2009, 12:50 AM

419. Santa Severa is a small sea resort on the Via Aurelia, 50 km north to Rome. It takes its name from the Christian martyr of the 2nd century. The village includes a small medieval burgh with a 9th century Castle facing the sea, where once the ancient Etruscan port of Pyrgi was located.

image hosted on flickr

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Shezan · February 22nd, 2009, 12:50 AM

nice

tonight · February 22nd, 2009, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vittorio tauber

417. Monferrato (Piemonte). The natural balcony of the surroundings of Camino (Alessandria) toward the Po Valley and the Alps. You can sip your glass of rubino di Cantavenna while listening to your favourite Paolo Conte's record and enjoy this restful april evening. Rice paddles spot the plain in the province of Vercelli, far away yet seeming so close, the cooling towers of the power station of Leri rise like an installation of contemporary art on the right and the entrance of that valley just behind, well, it must be the Aosta Valley. Have a nice stay.
image hosted on flickr

From Flickr

nice view

vittorio tauber · February 23rd, 2009, 12:00 AM

419. Varallo (VC) Piedmont. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, heart of this lovely lovely town at the entrance of Sesia Valley. People rest in front of the Parrish Church of San Gaudenzio, built upon a rock in the XVI century and later reshaped. Inside you can find a bunch of works by Gaudenzio Ferrari, piedmontese master of the XVI century.
Although quite unknown outside Piedmont, actually Varallo is a major european capital of renaissance art: the Sacro Monte of Varallo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It lies over the town, being the reconstruction of Jerusalem for pilgrims who couldn't afford to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and hosts 44 chapels showing the life of Jesus and a Basilica. In no other tiny area in the western world you can admire so many (800+) life-size statues (a b c) of the XVI and XVII century, not to mention the huge frescoes, and the urban layout and the green lanes that lead pilgrims and visitors throughout the Sacro Monte. You can reach there even by cableway, and enjoy amazing views over the town underneath 1.
But the whole of the town is worth a trip, holding elegant renaissance and baroque palazzi, churches, umbertine villas, a not-to-miss museum of fine arts, a vivid theatre and a breathtaking overlook from the bridge onto the Mastallone Valley 2.

image hosted on flickr

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/221/4...b75714e0_b.jpg

mi3max · February 24th, 2009, 12:00 AM

420. The Ducal Palace of Urbino (the Marche), the renaissance Palazzo Ducale is probably the main attraction of this small university town,
its construction began in the second half of the 15th century by Federico II da Montefeltro.

image hosted on flickr

picture taken from flickr vitto75's photostream

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Shezan · February 24th, 2009, 02:02 AM

i Torricini...quanti bei ricordi

Pincio · February 25th, 2009, 12:00 AM

421. Chignolo Po Castle is one of the most sumptuous residences in Lombardy. Its structure dated back to 1200, but it was partially restyled and extended in the baroque period. The little town is in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km east of Pavia.

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February 18th, 2009, 12:01 AM	#1502
Pincio S.P.Q.R. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Possis nihil Urbe Roma visere maius Posts: 8,053 Likes (Received): 50	415. Cefalù Cathedral, dating from 1131, was commenced in the Norman style, the island of Sicily having been conquered by the Normans in 1091. The façade, characterized by the presence of two large Norman towers, with mullioned windows, each surmounted by small spire added in the 15th century. Inside the cathedral is decorated with Byzantine mosaic, completed before 1170. The lower part and the side walls of the presbyterium were completed only in the 17th century, covering preceding paintings of which scarce traces remain today. See also Cefalù beach (picture #140). image hosted on flickr --- Last edited by Pincio; February 19th, 2009 at 07:12 AM.

February 18th, 2009, 08:44 PM	#1506
vittorio tauber PARCE SEPULTO Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,603 Likes (Received): 358	Pincio, Cefalù's cathedral must be numbered 415, Lake Garda being picture 413... __________________ The Four Minkions Group© Proud Member.

February 19th, 2009, 11:37 AM	#1508
Apteryx Struthioniforme Apteryge Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Milano\|Monza Posts: 6,557 Likes (Received): 135	Padula is a magic place, not really well known and difficult to reach (you must take the A3 Salerno Reggio Calabria motorway ), but it really deserves a visit. __________________ /!\ deviantArt - ●● flickr -  - Contest 02\|2013 (votazione) \| Scheletri in città - Urban skeltons

February 20th, 2009, 12:00 AM	#1509
vittorio tauber PARCE SEPULTO Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,603 Likes (Received): 358	417. Monferrato (Piemonte). The natural balcony of the surroundings of Camino (Alessandria) toward the Po Valley and the Alps. You can sip your glass of rubino di Cantavenna while listening to your favourite Paolo Conte's record and enjoy this restful april evening. Rice paddles spot the plain in the province of Vercelli, far away yet seeming so close, the cooling towers of the power station of Leri rise like an installation of contemporary art on the right and the entrance of that valley just behind, well, it must be the Aosta Valley. Have a nice stay. image hosted on flickr From Flickr __________________ The Four Minkions Group© Proud Member.

February 22nd, 2009, 12:45 AM	#1513
Iptucci Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cádiz, Andalucía. Posts: 1,467 Likes (Received): 2	Italia bella Than beautiful photographs of Italy!.

February 17th, 2009, 08:10 PM	#1501
aby_since82 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Huelva Posts: 2,068 Likes (Received): 238	thanks! Contavo su quello grazie mille.

February 18th, 2009, 12:02 AM	#1503
vittorio tauber PARCE SEPULTO Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,603 Likes (Received): 358	cool

February 18th, 2009, 09:31 AM	#1504
tonight Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 894 Likes (Received): 13	nice Cathedral

February 18th, 2009, 01:56 PM	#1505
aby_since82 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Huelva Posts: 2,068 Likes (Received): 238	Really beautiful Cathedral! this Palm seem fals but only left side.

February 19th, 2009, 03:02 AM	#1507
Caustic Dream on Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pleasance Posts: 3,015 Likes (Received): 304	416. The Certosa di Padula is a large famous Carthusian monastery located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park (near Salerno) in Southern Italy (Campania). It is a World Heritage site. The monastery is the second largest Chartreuse in Italy after the one in Parma. Its building history covers 450 years. Main parts of the building are in Baroque style. It is rather large: 51,500 m² (12.7 acres) in all with 320 rooms and halls taken from Flickr --

February 20th, 2009, 12:33 AM	#1510
Federicoft L'importante è la salute Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,433 Likes (Received): 429	Excellent choice. Our dear old Piedmont...

February 21st, 2009, 12:00 AM	#1511
Shezan BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The 80s Posts: 16,307 Likes (Received): 1	418. Scanno takes its name from the place in which it is situated. The Romans gave the name scamnum, scanno, stool to the rocky crag on which rest the first buttresses of the hills in the Upper Sagittarius valley, L' Aquila Province (Abruzzo). Flickr

February 21st, 2009, 01:20 AM	#1512
Pincio S.P.Q.R. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Possis nihil Urbe Roma visere maius Posts: 8,053 Likes (Received): 50	WowWw!!!

February 22nd, 2009, 12:50 AM	#1514
Pincio S.P.Q.R. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Possis nihil Urbe Roma visere maius Posts: 8,053 Likes (Received): 50	419. Santa Severa is a small sea resort on the Via Aurelia, 50 km north to Rome. It takes its name from the Christian martyr of the 2nd century. The village includes a small medieval burgh with a 9th century Castle facing the sea, where once the ancient Etruscan port of Pyrgi was located. image hosted on flickr --- Last edited by Pincio; February 24th, 2009 at 11:48 PM.

February 22nd, 2009, 12:50 AM	#1515
Shezan BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The 80s Posts: 16,307 Likes (Received): 1	nice

February 23rd, 2009, 12:00 AM	#1517
vittorio tauber PARCE SEPULTO Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,603 Likes (Received): 358	Varallo, Piedmont 419. Varallo (VC) Piedmont. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, heart of this lovely lovely town at the entrance of Sesia Valley. People rest in front of the Parrish Church of San Gaudenzio, built upon a rock in the XVI century and later reshaped. Inside you can find a bunch of works by Gaudenzio Ferrari, piedmontese master of the XVI century. Although quite unknown outside Piedmont, actually Varallo is a major european capital of renaissance art: the Sacro Monte of Varallo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It lies over the town, being the reconstruction of Jerusalem for pilgrims who couldn't afford to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and hosts 44 chapels showing the life of Jesus and a Basilica. In no other tiny area in the western world you can admire so many (800+) life-size statues (a b c) of the XVI and XVII century, not to mention the huge frescoes, and the urban layout and the green lanes that lead pilgrims and visitors throughout the Sacro Monte. You can reach there even by cableway, and enjoy amazing views over the town underneath 1. But the whole of the town is worth a trip, holding elegant renaissance and baroque palazzi, churches, umbertine villas, a not-to-miss museum of fine arts, a vivid theatre and a breathtaking overlook from the bridge onto the Mastallone Valley 2. image hosted on flickr http://farm1.static.flickr.com/221/4...b75714e0_b.jpg __________________ The Four Minkions Group© Proud Member. Last edited by vittorio tauber; February 23rd, 2009 at 01:20 AM.

February 24th, 2009, 12:00 AM	#1518
mi3max Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: § Caelĭtus Posts: 2,615	420. The Ducal Palace of Urbino (the Marche), the renaissance Palazzo Ducale is probably the main attraction of this small university town, its construction began in the second half of the 15th century by Federico II da Montefeltro. image hosted on flickr picture taken from flickr vitto75's photostream -- __________________ salvatico e' quel che si salva - LDV ____________________ Giorgio II, presidiando Last edited by mi3max; January 12th, 2010 at 07:57 AM. Reason: map disappeared

February 24th, 2009, 02:02 AM	#1519
Shezan BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The 80s Posts: 16,307 Likes (Received): 1	i Torricini...quanti bei ricordi

February 25th, 2009, 12:00 AM	#1520
Pincio S.P.Q.R. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Possis nihil Urbe Roma visere maius Posts: 8,053 Likes (Received): 50	421. Chignolo Po Castle is one of the most sumptuous residences in Lombardy. Its structure dated back to 1200, but it was partially restyled and extended in the baroque period. The little town is in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km east of Pavia. ---

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